I think a facebook fan page would be great, but maybe I'm just thinking selfishly, since mine is pretty off the vegan grid, and facebook is so universal. If you can use help, let me know! You can make organizers admins and stuff so they can update, right?

If you go with forums...I like the ease of separate city forums, makes it easy to see the cities in which bake sales are forming. Whatever you go with, I'll link to it from the WVBS. I was going to some Facebook status / web site news blurb shout-outs to the Japan bake sales anyway, which would already link to the PPK forum, so I'll just include any new links there.

Also --- if you'd like to hold a vegan bake sale - whether for Japan, another cause, or combination - but you can't yet because you need more people, feel free to contact me in that circumstance also if you want a couple more channels by which to do a call-out for helpers. The PPK is ideal for collaborators finding each other and I always refer people here, but it may work the other way around too, for maximum exposure.

(As soon as there is a desaster, you Americans bake cake. Why? When I enter "bakesale" in Google, I get 8 Million hits. when I enter the German equivalent, it's just 78.000. What? Dont we like Cake? Do you like Cake too much?)

That being said, raising money for Japan is awesome. That is out of the question.

(As soon as there is a desaster, you Americans bake cake. Why? When I enter "bakesale" in Google, I get 8 Million hits. when I enter the German equivalent, it's just 78.000. What? Dont we like Cake? Do you like Cake too much?)

That being said, raising money for Japan is awesome. That is out of the question.

Personally, it's because it's the one thing I know how to do. I can't go down there and rescue people. I can't sing to do a benefit concert. I can't make other things fast enough for people to be able to buy enough of them for it to make the difference, but I can bake the hell out of some muffins.

Yeah. I was really inspired by Isa's writing on "baketivism". It's something I can do instead of just sitting around reading news stories and freaking out. Every bake sale I've been involved with since has been so inspiring! It's also a public thing, so it gives other people a chance to contribute--even if it's just buying a cookie and realizing how amazing vegan baked goods can be.

(As soon as there is a desaster, you Americans bake cake. Why? When I enter "bakesale" in Google, I get 8 Million hits. when I enter the German equivalent, it's just 78.000. What? Dont we like Cake? Do you like Cake too much?)

That being said, raising money for Japan is awesome. That is out of the question.

Personally, it's because it's the one thing I know how to do. I can't go down there and rescue people. I can't sing to do a benefit concert. I can't make other things fast enough for people to be able to buy enough of them for it to make the difference, but I can bake the hell out of some muffins.

Yes, but you (and the people buying your muffins) could just give money to charity directly. But I see your point, wanting to "do" something. It's just, it is so unheard of over here.

Yes, but you (and the people buying your muffins) could just give money to charity directly. But I see your point, wanting to "do" something. It's just, it is so unheard of over here.

Selling baked goods increases the amount of money you can give and creates community. I can make a pan of brownies for, say, $4. That pan of brownies will easily sell for $36. The people buying baked goods from me might not necessarily give that money to a charity either.

Yes, but you (and the people buying your muffins) could just give money to charity directly. But I see your point, wanting to "do" something. It's just, it is so unheard of over here.

Selling baked goods increases the amount of money you can give and creates community. I can make a pan of brownies for, say, $4. That pan of brownies will easily sell for $36. The people buying baked goods from me might not necessarily give that money to a charity either.

Right. I didn't have this kind of community back when Hurricane Katrina hit and I didn't have much money, so I bought about $25 worth of yarn, made a scarf and put it up on eBay for an animal rescue organization. The scarf sold for about $100, so the organization was able to get four times what it would have gotten had I just written them a check.

Also, there is a bakesale tradition as fundraising in this country. Schools used to do them and some still do. Churches do them, as well as large suppers or car washes. Not for disaster relief but to raise funds for projects and such. Want new playground equipment? Bakesale! I know I am more likely to donate in that way than just sending money. I like that community experience.

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I just secured a location to hold a bake sale in Greenfield MA on Saturday April 9th from 11-1. It will be outside the co-op. I am hoping there will be a lot of lunchtime traffic. The money will be split 50/50 and sent to Shelter Box and World Vets. I posted in the New England forum too. If anyone wants to help out, let me know!

I just secured a location to hold a bake sale in Greenfield MA on Saturday April 9th from 11-1. It will be outside the co-op. I am hoping there will be a lot of lunchtime traffic. The money will be split 50/50 and sent to Shelter Box and World Vets. I posted in the New England forum too. If anyone wants to help out, let me know!

(As soon as there is a desaster, you Americans bake cake. Why? When I enter "bakesale" in Google, I get 8 Million hits. when I enter the German equivalent, it's just 78.000. What? Dont we like Cake? Do you like Cake too much?)

That being said, raising money for Japan is awesome. That is out of the question.

Personally, it's because it's the one thing I know how to do. I can't go down there and rescue people. I can't sing to do a benefit concert. I can't make other things fast enough for people to be able to buy enough of them for it to make the difference, but I can bake the hell out of some muffins.

Yes, but you (and the people buying your muffins) could just give money to charity directly. But I see your point, wanting to "do" something. It's just, it is so unheard of over here.

Spread the vegan bake sale love! :) I've been trying to get Germany involved for three years in the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale. Last year, groups in Finland, Norway, Poland, Romania, and other countries on six continents participated. We just got a signup for a multi-night vegan bake sale at a vegan club in Rome! Vegan bake sales combine fundraising, vegan outreach, community, and more. If you want to represent for Germany, I'll promote hugely! :)

- Welcome and re-welcome to all the fantastic vegan bake sales for Japan. Since the bake sales dedicated to this relief effort are occurring roughly around the same time as the WVBS, to a large extent we're sort of combining everything - with bake sale organizers' permission, of course - into one big global vegan bake sale for peace and cruelty-free goodness juggernaut. The listing of all bake sales is by location and by date: http://www.veganbakesale.org/veganbakes ... where.html